Serbia

Armed forces personnel in Serbia

Armed forces personnel in Serbia: 225,000 people in 1989 and 32,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
32,000 people
Since 1989
−193,000 people
Rank, 2020
86 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in SerbiaArmed forces personnel in Serbia: 225,000 people in 1989 and 32,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 225,000 people in 1989, the lowest 24,000 people in 2006.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 225,000 people in 1989, the lowest 24,000 people in 2006.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1878: 7,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearSerbiaWorld
202032,00027.4 million
201932,00027.7 million
201832,15027.7 million
201732,00027.4 million
201631,85027.5 million
201528,15027.4 million
201428,15027.3 million
201328,15027.2 million
201228,15028.2 million
201128,15028 million
201029,13028.1 million
200929,13027.9 million
200824,00027.5 million
200724,00027.3 million
200624,00027 million
2005110,00028.5 million
2004110,00027.1 million
2003109,20028.2 million
2002124,50028.3 million
2001198,50028.2 million
2000135,70029.4 million
1999146,70029.6 million
1998152,20029.9 million
1997152,20029.9 million
1996151,90030.2 million
1995164,50030.2 million
1994130,00023.2 million
1993100,00023.7 million
1992137,00024.5 million
1991169,00022.7 million
1990180,00023.9 million
1989225,00024.3 million
1985–22.2 million
1918201,000–
1917156,000–
1916102,000–
191584,000–
191441,000–
191332,000–
191231,000–
191130,000–
191035,000–
190936,000–
190829,000–
190734,000–
190628,000–
190527,000–
190427,000–
190326,000–
190224,000–
190122,000–
190022,000–
189923,000–
189823,000–
189722,000–
189622,000–
189519,000–
189417,000–
189313,000–
189212,000–
189110,000–
189010,000–
188913,000–
188813,000–
188713,000–
188613,000–
188513,000–
188418,000–
188310,000–
18827,000–
18817,000–
18807,000–
18797,000–
18787,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

Good to know

  • Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
  • Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
  • Before 1989: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
  • Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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